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Beck's “progressive” analogy: McCain is Teddy Roosevelt, Obama is Wilson

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 07/09/10 6:16 PM EDT

From the July 9 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck:

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Previously:

Beck: Just as Wilson led U.S. into World War I, Obama “decided that we needed health care”

Beck: There were “anywhere between 36,000 and 150,000 political prisoners” under Woodrow Wilson, Obama is following his “playbook”

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